Backlash: The Killing of the New Deal
On election night 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt was sitting on top of the political world. Within a year, two seismic events would transform the political landscape. A nationwide outbreak of labor unrest, particularly the spread of a new and potent union weapon, the sit-down strike, and FDR's launching of a scheme to overhaul the Supreme Court would combine to generate a fierce public backlash that tarnished Roosevelt's mystique and drained the lifeblood...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1566636744
ISBN13:9781566636742
Release Date:July 2006
Publisher:Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 8.6"
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American history and underlying political influences come to life in a vivid account.
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BLACKLASH: THE KILLING OF THE NEW DEAL is required reading for any who would understand the history and changes of labor in America, especially the spread of unions and the decisions which contributed to a public backlash destroying the New Deal - a decision sparked by FDR's scheme to overhaul the Supreme Court. American history and underlying political influences come to life in a vivid account. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
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